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FOR THE SEC 1S:
This entire post is for you and we will only post this once, and will not repeat ourselves during cca. So come back and refer to this post regularly if you need! You guys are new to Girl Guides and some are even unsure of what Girl Guides is all about. This is the Girl Guides Singapore website that contain many useful information, so go and visit all the tabs whenever you can, it will help you a lot in your 4 yrs of guiding in cssgg.
http://www.girlguides.org.sg/cos/o.x?c=/ggs/pagetree
(!) SEW ON YOUR PATROL EMBLEMS BY TONIGHT AND IT MUST BE ALRDY SEWN ON UR UNIFORM TMR DURING CAMP.
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#1 Leadership Positions in guides
Yuan Shan (CL) & Diana (ACL) are the overall in-charge for cca,
the coordinator between the teachers and company.
They take disciplinary actions if rules are not adhered,
come up with new ideas and plans for guides and
basically ensure that everything is running well during cca.
They assists teachers in making sure that everything is discussed, well planned and carried out correctly for all guides event.
Ruilin (Secretary) is in charge of settling all the adminstrative matters,
such as planning agendas or organising all of our badges.
She helps the teachers by interacting with them closely,
knowing their expectations and plans for guides,
then makes sure everything is worked out properly,
as well as informing the respective people about the plans we have.
Grace (Treasurer) is the in charge for all financial matters.
She makes sure that all the required amount is collected and well kept.
She works closely with the teachers to claim any money spent by our guides that is eligible to claim from guides fund, as well as being in charge of logistics.
She ensures that there is sufficient or available materials if needed for any guides matter.
Sarah (Pupils welfare) is the in charge for YOUR welfare.
She makes sure that the welfare of all guides is taken care of,
settles any disputes or unhappiness among guides,
and take over the roles of the other excos when they are not present.
She also posts details on the blog and takes the attendance during roll call. She works with the teachers to solve problems regarding guides, like regular skipping of cca, and ensures that all of ur know what to do during cca.
Patrol Leaders (PL) are responsible for all matters relating to work, play and administration in her patrol. She will be the channel of communication between the excos and her patrol members as well.
Patrol Seconds (PS) assists the Patrol Leaders and is to take command of the patrol in the absence of the PL. She will also be in charge of taking timing during ceremonies for her patrol and has to ensure the welfare of her patrol at all times.
#2 Uniform
We have heard that many of you are unsure about many things about girl guides especially about parades, attire and etc. If any of you are unsure, it is YOUR responsibility to find out and not expect us to spoon-feed each one of you. You can get your answers from the Girl guides Singapore Website or guides handbook.
INFORMATION CRUCIAL FOR YOUR ENROLMENT TEST:
Page 14; Taps
Page 16-24; Enrolment knowledge
Page 27; Founder
Page 31; Venues of guide stations
Page 35-38: Meanings of guides symbols
Your full uni -->
Hat: Your hat is called a girl guides hat (NOT a beret) so stop addressing it as a beret because it is different from other Uniform groups' beret. When you are wearing it, make sure that the left and right sides are properly ironed and they should be folded upwards. The front and back are not to be folded upwards, it should be pressed down. Iron/ Starch your hat. The sides should not be drooping downwards. When you are wearing the hat, the crest should be facing the middle.
Hair: Your hair should always be plaited from top to bottom in a french braid/ scorpion style. People with short hair are to buy a hairnet suitable for all your hair to be tucked inside completely. Fringes and flying feelers should all be clipped up neatly and only black accessories are allowed. When in your contingent, your plaits should be behind your shoulders at all times.
Accessories: All Earrings/ Ear studs/ Watches/ Handbands/ Hairbands/ Necklaces/ Other accessories - Are to be strictly removed when you are wearing the guides uniform or half uniform.
Scarf:
How to iron
1. When you iron your scarf, first flip it to the back, with the back of the crest facing you (the crest is to be underneath).
2. Measure 3 finger length above the crest and fold once. Iron it.
3. Then, without unfolding it, flip it back to the front (the crest is now facing you)
4. Fold the folded area (that is 3 finger above the crest) into half. Iron it.
5. Divide the half into 3 segments and iron it. (3segments = 3 lines after ironing / fold down TWICE only. It shldnt be 4 lines after you iron it)
This may sound tedious and confusing but it is necessary to iron your scarf no matter what because a scarf that is not ironed looks extremely untidy. After you have ironed your scarf, bring it to the parade and tie it. The tying part can be taught personally. When you are wearing the scarf, your plaits or blouse SHOULD NOT cover the crest. It is an offense! The crest should be at your back, under you collar. After it has been tied, the trefoil can be put on.
Alternatively, if you do not understand, just visit the girl guides Singapore website:
http://www.girlguides.org.sg/cos/o.x?c=/ggs/pagetree&func=view&rid=5107
[for now, your sec 1s do not have any ranking or badges, hence ignore this blouse part until we give out certain badges, thn rmb to refer back.]
Blouse: Your blouse must be fully ironed. On the top of the blouse is where your rankings are sewn (for the excos, PLs and PSs) remember to sew your ranking down.
The sleeves: At the top is where the CSS 1ST COY should be. Your proficiency badges (the round ones) should be sewn at your right side and with 1 finger spacing between each. Your left sleeve should be where your other badges are (eg. Civil Defence, total defence, etc). The front of your blouse should contain your world patch and centenary patch below.
Belt: When you are wearing your uniform, do not ever forget to bring you belt! And polish the metal part of the belt.
Skirt:
ALL SKIRTS ARE TO BE KNEE-LENGTH, NOT ANY SHORTER.
ALL SKIRTS ARE TO BE KNEE-LENGTH, NOT ANY SHORTER.
ALL SKIRTS ARE TO BE KNEE-LENGTH, NOT ANY SHORTER.
If your skirt is above your knee, go and alter it straight away, make sure that when you kneel down, your skirt touches the ground. We are extremely serious. If your skirt is beyond repairation, you have no choice but to buy a new skirt. Skirts should not be WAY BELOW YOUR KNEES AS WELL. Alter it so that when you stand straight, the end of the skirt should be touching the bottom parts of your knee (as you may grow taller in the following years so do not alter till it touches the top of your knees).
Badges: You will have your trefoil (aka enrolment badge), world badge, gold/silver/bronze badge. Polish your badges with metal polish. make sure that they are shiny.
Socks: Strictly white and LONG. It must be 4 fingers above the ANKLE. No brand logos or words on the rims of your socks.
White Canvas Shoe/ Boots: Take note that the guides uniform goes with white canvas shoe and not boots, but they are meant to be worn only during parades. When asked to wear full guides uniform and white canvas shoes, the shoes are to be 100% white (NO PART SHOULD BE coloured and STRICTLY no wearing of sports shoes while wearing guides uniform). Shoelaces are to be tied parallel to each other.
Lastly, whilst wearing the uniform, no one is allowed to take off their hat or wear their hat until instructions are given. The whole company is required to wear or take off the hat at the same time always. Also, be very careful as to NOT put your hat on the ground or let your crest on your scarf be covered. This is extremely important.
#3 Patrol Emblem
This is how you are supposed to sew your patrol emblem onto your blouse. It must be aligned with the first button and to be sewn on the left side of the blouse. For now, ignore the two rectangular badges on the left of the shirt as your do not have it yet.
The emblem is a circle so pls allign it properly and make sure the words are not crooked. SEW IT ON WITH A THREAD OF THE SIMILAR COLOUR AS YOUR PATROL EMBLEM. Eg if your patrol emblem looks like the one above, use black colour thread. Some other patrol emblems have white background, thus, use white thread to sew it on.
#4 Patrols
Your are assigned to different patrols during the first few cca sessions, and we have mentioned that it is TEMPORARY. So now, we have decided your permanent patrols and it is different from the patrols you are in now.
YOUR CONFIRMED PATROLS:
DOVE: Syakirah, Winnie, YunJie
KINGFISHER: LeXuan, Myat, ZiYing
SWALLOW: XueLin, XinPei, ZiHui
MYNAH: Audrey, KweeChin, LeeJia
ORIOLE: Amelicia, Kennis
FLOWERPECKER: WeiTheng, Thivya, Mabel
*Check "profile" tab to see who are in your patrols.
Dont not complain or whine if you are not in the same patrol as your good friend or so. Open up and talk to everyone, including the people from other patrols and levels, dont just stick to that one friend or clique. We are still all in the same CCA, so its not like you can never talk to that friend ever again if your are in diff patrols. And you will find many friendly sisters in guides too ;)
Kays, we know this is a super long and wordy post but be sure to read every single word! LEARN TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND STOP ASKING THE EXCOS ABOUT EVERYTHING, WE DO NOT WANT TO SPOONFEED YOU GUYS. Sec 1s already, your much older and mature, we do wish to see any of your acting like small kids and expecting the world to revolve around you.
RMB TO STUDY FOR ENROLMENT TEST, PASSING MARK 45/60. THOSE WHO FAIL WILL STAY BACK AFTER CAMP TO RETAKE AND RETAKE TILL YOU PASS. :)
SEE YOU DURING CAMP!
